President Kovind virtually presents Arjuna Award to Lovlina Borgohain
First Published: 29th August, 2020 20:30 IST
Assam Boxer Lovlina Bogohain, was on Saturday presented the prestigious Arjuna Award by President Ram Nath Kovind for her outstanding performance, via a virtual ceremony. In a first-of-its-kind move, the
Assam Boxer Lovlina Bogohain, was on Saturday presented the prestigious Arjuna Award by President Ram Nath Kovind for her outstanding performance, via a virtual ceremony.
In a first-of-its-kind move, the winners of the National Sports Awards were connected virtually to President Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi from 9 different Sports Authority of India (SAI) designated locations, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 23-year-old pugilist from Assam to qualify for the Olympics, was connected from Chandigarh. After Shiva Thapa, she is the second boxer from the state to represent the country at the Olympics.
Earlier, Lovlina won a gold medal at the 1st India Open International Boxing Tournament held in New Delhi and a silver medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati.
She also won a bronze medal at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships held in Ulan-Ude, Russia. Lovlina was born on 2nd October 1997, and hails from Golaghat district of Assam.
The other 5 sports persons from Assam who have received the Arjuna Award include Bhogeswar Baruah, Monalisa Baruah Mehta, Jayanta Talukdar, Shiva Thapa and Hima Das.
Apart from Lovlina, the other players who also won the prestigious Arjuna Award include Dutee Chand, Sawant Ajay Anant, Sandesh Jhingan, Aditi Ashok, Akashdeep Singh, Deepak, Kale Sarika Sudhakar, Divya Kakran, Rahul Aware, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Sandeep Para and Manish Narwal.
The Union sports ministry announced the names of 27 sportspersons of the country for the Arjuna Award.
Meanwhile, Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced an enhancement in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports Awards.
Rijiju made this announcement on the occasion of the 115th birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand, which is celebrated as the National Sports Day.
The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 25 lakh from the previous amount of Rs 7.5 lakh while Arjuna Award has been enhanced to Rs 15 lakh from Rs 5 lakh.
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live Agartala-Guwahati bus accident in Assam: 1 dead, several injured
02nd May 2024Live Meghalaya: Umiam bridge repair works to be completed on time, informs CM Conrad Sangma
02nd May 2024Live Lok Sabha Polls- Assam: BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary believes his run of good luck will continue
02nd May 2024Live Suspense continues over Rahul, Priyanka’s candidatures from Raebareli and Amethi; final decision today
02nd May 2024WE RECOMMEND
PMEAC Member Sanjeev Sanyal delivers Prof Sarat Mahanta Memorial Lecture in Guwahati
Sanyal presented a compelling case that Bharatvarsha is an ancient civilisational nation and not a mere union of states as is claimed by many
01st May 2024LS Polls 2024: Overall voter turnout in phase I recorded at 66.14% and 66.71% in phase II: ECI
In the northeast, in phase I, voting was held for 15 Lok Sabha seats and in phase II, voting was held for 7 Lok Sabha seats.
30th April 2024Lok Sabha Polls- Assam: Students group ABSU decides to back NDA candidate in Kokrajhar seat
Briefing newspersons, ABSU president Dipen Boro made the official confirmation in Kokrajhar today.
30th April 2024AI and Robotics as elective subject in Assam Govt schools
The PDF version of the book is available on its official website, www.sebaonline.org, in the textbooks section, Seba officials said.
29th April 2024Union HM Amit Shah’s mega roadshow in Guwahati today, over 2 lakh to attend: BJP RS MP Pabitra Margherita
Guwahati with Dhubri, Kokrajhar and Barpeta will go to polls in the third phase on May 7.
29th April 2024